Numbers 24:17:3Num.24.17.W3TAB
עַתָּ֔ה
ata
“now”
- Transliteration
- a-TA
- Extended
- ah-TAH
- IPA
- /ʕatˈtaː/
Meaning by language
- English
- now
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Alphabet Analysis
| Ayin | deep guttural stop, voiced pharyngeal | |
| Patach | short 'ah' as in father | |
| Tav | t as in top | |
| Qamets | long 'ah' | |
| He | h as in house; silent at word end |
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Word in context
- word
a-TA
- phraseyour reading level
ve-LO a-TA
- clause
er-e-NU ve-LO a-TA a-shu-re-NU ve-LO ka-ROV
- sentence
er-e-NU ve-LO a-TA a-shu-re-NU ve-LO ka-ROV da-RACH ko-KHAV mi-ya-a-KOV ve-KAM SHE-vet mi-yis-ra-EL u-ma-CHATs pa-a-TEI mo-AV ve-kar-KAR kol-be-NEI-SHET
Exegesis
The verse begins with synonymous parallelism pairing erennu {אֶרְאֶנּוּ | ʾer-ən-nū} ‘I shall see him’ and ashurennu {אֲשׁוּרֶנּוּ | ʾa-šūr-ən-nū} ‘I shall behold him’, each negated by velo {וְלֹא | wə-lōʾ} ‘and not’ with contrasting adverbs atta {עַתָּה | ʿat-tā} ‘now’ and qarov {קָרֹב | qā-rōv} ‘near’, heightening the sense of delayed fulfillment.
In context — Numbers 24:17
I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but not near. A star will proceed from Jacob, and a scepter will arise from Israel. He will crush the corners of Moab and break down all the sons of Sheth.
About this coordinate
Numbers 24:17:3 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 3 of Numbers 24:17, so the Hebrew word עַתָּ֔ה (ata) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Num.24.17.W3, which extends further down to each syllable (Num.24.17.W3.S1) and character.